Lawday Ditch
Early-attested site in the Parish of Gloucester
Historical Forms
- the Lauday Diche 1497 GlR
Etymology
Lawday Ditch, 1779 Rudder 206, the Lauday Diche 1497 GlR. The first el. is ME laghedaye 'law-day', which was the day appointed for the regular meetings of the sheriff's court or the court-leet (cf. NED s.v. law-day ). The ditch was on the north side of Barton St., and like the King's ditch (143 infra ) it may have marked the limit of the jurisdiction of the court-leet of King's Barton manor (cf. Rudder 206–7). Cf. also Lawditch in Bristol (iii, 95infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- King's Barton
- Fulbrook
- Ladycroft
- Madeley
- Monk Meadow
- Priest Ham
- Rikenel Stile
- Ryecroft
- Saintbridge
- Sutgrove Fm
- Tredworth
- Tuffley
- Dockham Ditch
- Hyde
- Littleworth
- Monk Lanes
- Oxlease
- Abbot's Barton
- Dudstone
- Kingsholm
- Llanthony Priory
- Monkleighton
- Tullwell
- Birtley
- Gooseditch
- Mean Ham
- Newland
- Windmill Field